Race Incident

The second World Touring Car Championship race at Pau turned out to be eventful. The pre-race bickering about turbo pressures, rev-limits and disqualifications got overshadowed by total carnage on the lovely streets of Pau.

After a couple of wrecks on the first lap the safety car turned out of the pitlane to race leader Franz Engstler’s big surprise who were storming down the long straight and into the quick right-hander only to have a safety-car right in the middle of the street.

The incident is under investigation. According to Dutch TV Channel RTL the safety car had never been given the green light to come out on track and was only in stand-by-mode. (Touring Car Times)

The mayhem of the first laps can be viewed here: